Essay on Internet Privacy - Carnivore May Threaten Privacy

Carnivore May Threaten Internet Privacy Abstract In 1999 the FBI launched a modernistic tool, Carnivore, to help it conduct Internet surveillance on criminal suspects. The systems, which are installed directly on Internet Service Providers networks, process and filter all info communication passing through. This is alarming privacy advocates. The FBI now has the ability to monitor netmail through a network snooping scheme known as Carnivorei. Carnivore may be used as a surveillance mechanism in investigations by intercepting packets of data sent over the Internet. These data packets include private email sent back and forth between unsuspecting criminals, but may also include the regular law abiding citizen. Privacy advocates have not hesitated to publicly express their fear that Carnivore will give the FBI unlimited, unrestricted access to everyones emailii. As we speak, Internet wiretapping is unchecked by the law, as it is not prohibited or allowed specifically. Carnivore functions as an Internet wiretap, typically installed directly on the networks of Internet providers. The system was dubbed Carnivore for its ability to get to the meat of what would otherwise be an enormous quantity of data. wish well previous wiretap methods, it intercepts all digital communications and records sent to or from the target of an investigation. Carnivores specialty is that it can filter out irrelevant data such(prenominal) as online banking and web surfing, leaving only specific kinds of communications like e-mails. Furthermore, Carnivore only scans the identifying addresses in the to and from fields, not the entire content of electronics messages. The FBI likens it to looking at the wait of an envelope. Carnivore... ...politics/0,1283,37470,00.html 300 a.m. Jul. 12, 2000 PDT vii ACLU Needs Carnivore Fix by Chris Oakes Hotwired Magazine http//www.wired.com/ countersign/politics/0,1283,37470,00.html 300 a.m. Jul. 12, 2000 PDT viii ACLU Needs Carnivore Fix by Ch ris Oakes Hotwired Magazine http//www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,37470,00.html 300 a.m. Jul. 12, 2000 PDT ix Telecoms miffed at FBI Meddling by Declan McCullogh Hotwired Magazine http//www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,37448,00.html 300 a.m. Jul. 8, 2000 PDT x ACLU Needs Carnivore Fix by Chris Oakes Hotwired Magazine http//www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,37470,00.html 300 a.m. Jul. 12, 2000 PDT xi FBI system covertly searches e-mail By Neil King Jr. and Ted Bridis, WSJ Interactive Edition. http//news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2245549.html July 11, 2000 601 AM PT